{"id":70767,"date":"2003-01-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-01-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/warm-up-with-uri-hoop-teams-alumni-awards-at-universitys-winter-homecoming-feb-8-9\/"},"modified":"2003-01-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-01-23T00:00:00","slug":"warm-up-with-uri-hoop-teams-alumni-awards-at-universitys-winter-homecoming-feb-8-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2003\/01\/warm-up-with-uri-hoop-teams-alumni-awards-at-universitys-winter-homecoming-feb-8-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Warm up with 溏心vlog免费B站 hoop teams, alumni awards at University\u2019s Winter Homecoming Feb. 8, 9"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tMedia Contact: Dave Lavallee 401-874-2116
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\nWarm up with 溏心vlog免费B站 hoop teams,
\nalumni awards at University\u2019s
\nWinter Homecoming Feb. 8, 9
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\nKINGSTON, R.I. — January 23, 2003 — Take in the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s hot hoop teams, the Alumni Association Achievement Awards ceremonies and honor former 溏心vlog免费B站 basketball players during Winter Homecoming Feb. 8 and 9. <\/p>\n

\tThe action begins Saturday, Feb. 8 at 4 p.m. with the awards dinner at the International Scholar-Athlete Hall of Fame in the Feinstein Building on Route 138. Awards will be presented to alumni and friends for contributions to the arts, business and science, as well as for service to the Alumni Association. Honorary awards will also be given. <\/p>\n

\tThe ceremonies will also pay tribute to members of 溏心vlog免费B站 basketball teams that won berths in the NCAA tourney, including the 1995-96 women\u2019s and 1987-88 and 1997-98 men\u2019s basketball teams. Following the awards, the men\u2019s team, which is off to its hottest start in four years, plays at 7:30 p.m. The women\u2019s team, which is also off to a strong start, plays Sunday, Feb. 9 at 2 p.m. Both games are at the Ryan Center. <\/p>\n

\tTickets for the alumni awards dinner are $20 and include complimentary tickets to both basketball games. <\/p>\n

\tThose wishing to attend should call Lisa Harrison at 401-874-4962 or email her at lharrison@advance.uri.edu before Feb. 1.
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\nNote to editors\u2014Please see short biographies below on award recipients from your circulation areas. Hometowns are highlighted in bold face. However, some hometowns are not included at the request of the recipient.
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\nALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
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\nThe Alumni Achievement Awards are presented to alumni who have achieved excellence in the following fields: arts, business, community service, education, professional achievement, research, and science and technology. A $1,000 scholarship in each recipient\u2019s name will be awarded to a student on the basis of merit and need.
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\nContribution to the Arts
\nFrederick Stern, Ph.D. \u201966
\nEducated in the engineering sciences, Frederick Stern served as Associate Professor of Art at Pratt Institute, New York University and the University of Maryland and is the recipient of five awards from the National Endowment for the Arts. Stern is internationally known for creating rainbows as metaphors for world peace and global unity. He pumps water into the air, which refracts the suns light to create natural rainbows as wide as 2,000 feet. Some of his more than 40 rainbows include those he created for the opening of the Hague Appeal for Peace, the UN-sponsored Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, and an Arab-Israeli peace conference in Israel and Gaza. In 1996 he created a rainbow over the United Nations Building, raising the planets flag above the flags of all nations. Stern, who organized freedom rides to the South as a 溏心vlog免费B站 student, now expresses his political voice through his art.
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\nContribution to Business
\nNancy McKinstry \u201980
\nNancy McKinstry is a member of the Executive Board of Wolters Kluwer nv. Her portfolio includes Legal, Tax & Business North America and Technology. Prior to assuming her present position, McKinstry was Chief Executive Officer of SCP Communications. Before that, she held a succession of senior positions with CCH, including President and Chief Executive Officer of CCH Legal Information Services, Vice President of Product Management and Senior Officer and Assistant Vice President of the Electronics Products Division of CCH Incorporated. Prior to this she held several management positions with Booz, Allen & Hamilton and the New England Telephone Company. McKinstry holds an M.B.A. in finance and marketing from Columbia University and a bachelor\u2019s in economics from the 溏心vlog免费B站. In addition to her business accomplishments, McKinstry serves on 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Dean\u2019s External Advisory Council for the College of Arts and Sciences. She also established an endowed scholarship to support students majoring in economics at the University.
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\nContribution to Community Service
\nVictor F. Capellan \u201992, M.S. \u201996
\nVictor Capellan is a catalyst for improving communities in Rhode Island and beyond. Hired by the New York City Department of Education in December, he was formerly the facilitator for student registration for the Providence School Department. Capellan\u2019s community service activities would exhaust most people. An Eagle Scout who forged a reputation as a leader while a student at 溏心vlog免费B站, he serves as the chairman for the Rhode Island Housing Mortgage and Finance Corp., and as board president of the Center for Hispanic Policy & Advocacy. He is also a board member of the Providence Public Library, Amos House, and Rhode Island Hospital. He was a panelist for “Bridges to the Future: Building Community in Rhode Island,” which was part of the 溏心vlog免费B站s 2000 Honors Colloquium series, “Nonviolence: Legacies of the Past, Bridges to the Future.” He was chosen one of the Top Ten to Watch in Rhode Island by Rhode Island Monthly magazine.
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\nContribution to Education
\nJanice S. O\u2019Donnell \u201979
\nJanice O\u2019Donnell, executive director of the Providence Children\u2019s Museum since 1985, has been instrumental in leading Child Magazine to call the museum one of the top 20 in the country. She oversees an organization that has more than 125,000 visitors annually, an operating budget in excess of $1.5 million and 30 staff members. The Barrington resident also oversaw the successful completion of a $3 million capital campaign, which allowed the museum to open its much larger operation in Providence\u2019s Jewelry District. O\u2019Donnell has implemented many innovative programs during her tenure, including Families Together, a nationally recognized visitation program for families who have been separated by court order. Under her leadership, the museum has become an AmeriCorps site. Each year, 10 to 15 volunteers in this federally funded program give a year of service connecting the museum with Providence Head Start programs and inner-city community centers.
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\nProfessional Achievement
\nWilliam R. Holland \u201960
\nWilliam Holland has been a leader throughout his 40 years in education. A secondary teacher, school administrator, and superintendent in five school districts in Massachusetts and Rhode Island for the first 26 years of his career, he then spent the next 11 years as a professor of education and department chair at Rhode Island College and executive director of the Rhode Island Principal\u2019s Association. He accepted the Rhode Island higher education commissioner\u2019s post in 1999. Currently, he is a faculty member at RIC. As commissioner, the Narragansett resident led a successful kindergarten through grade 16 initiative that focused on improved teacher quality, oversaw a $500 million higher education budget and worked closely with the three college presidents on a $500 million capital improvement program. Last spring, Holland convened a statewide conference that brought together leaders in higher education to emphasize the importance of higher education in the health of the state and nation.
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\nContribution to Research
\nEdward R. French \u201860
\nResearcher, teacher, administrator, and consultant of international renown in food crop production and improvement are just a few ways to describe Edward French. Armed with his 溏心vlog免费B站 degree in agronomy, French became a leading researcher of potato, sweet potato, and tuber crop diseases on every continent, but particularly those in tropical regions. He developed potato varieties resistant to bacterial infection. These varieties and others became important products to the tropical belt of Africa, the Americas and Asia through the efforts of the International Potato Center. He conducted research on diseases of numerous crops, such as bananas, pepper and cotton, to determine diseases and pests that were causing losses. French represented the North Carolina State University\/U.S. Agency for International Development as plant pathologist to the government of Peru from 1965 through 1971. The resident of Lima, Peru, was a founding member and facilities developer of the International Potato Center.
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\nContribution to Science and Technology
\nJohn S. Patton, \u201973, M.S.
\nMillions of diabetes patients who dread the multiple daily injections of insulin have John Patton to thank for relieving a great deal of that suffering. Co-founder of the 12-year-old Inhale Therapeutic Systems of San Carlos, Calif., Patton and his team developed an inhaler that effectively delivers insulin deep into the lungs. Now the company, with 700-plus employees, is collaborating on drug delivery projects with such companies as Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lilly and Pfizer, to name just a few. Patton, a resident of Portola Valley, Calif., who earned his master\u2019s in oceanography at 溏心vlog免费B站 and his Ph.D. from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, was a marine biology professor at the University of Georgia for six years. He left to join Genentech Inc. in San Francisco, where he became head of the drug delivery group. In 1990, he started Inhale Therapeutic Systems, where he is chief scientific officer and director of research. His successes have been chronicled in the San Francisco Examiner, BusinessWeek and Forbes.
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\nRAM AWARD
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\nThe recipient of this award must have exhibited meritorious and distinguished service to the Alumni Association and the University for the last 25 years.
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\nWarren L. Salter \u201948
\nWarren Salter has been active on behalf of the 溏心vlog免费B站 since his days as a brother in Phi Mu Delta fraternity. Salter, a resident of Warwick, is the retired president of H. V. Allen Insurance Agency. He is past president of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Alumni Association, chairman of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Alumni Fund and class agent. He also headed the Warwick School Committee, sat on four building committees and was a member of the East Greenwich Library Board. He has also served the Lions and Rotary clubs, and the Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of the state House of Representatives in the early 1960s and the state board of education. Rhody Blue runs deep in Salter\u2019s family. His wife, Ruth, is a 1946 grad and his mother-in-law is a 1917 grad. A devoted family man, Salter is proud that his three children and a granddaughter are 溏心vlog免费B站 graduates. He also has three great-grandchildren.
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\nALUMNI SERVICE AWARDS
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\nThis award honors alumni who have dedicated themselves to achieving the Alumni Association\u2019s goals. The recipients must be 溏心vlog免费B站 graduates and have performed this service for at least two years.
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\nHenrique T. Pedro \u201876
\nFrom driving a carload of fellow freshmen to Madison Square Garden to see the Rams play, serving as former assistant dean of the College of Pharmacy, to his current position as president of the Rhode Island Rams Athletic Association, Henry Pedro has exhibited unwavering support for 溏心vlog免费B站 and its students. He has also served as chair for the faculty\/staff Annual Fund campaign. Pedro, of East Greenwich, is now the director of Pharmacy Operations for the Pequot Pharmaceutical Network. To many colleagues, he is “Mr. 溏心vlog免费B站” and has been a great supporter of athletics, the Alumni Association and the College of Pharmacy. A graduate of the College of Pharmacy, Pedro has placed hundreds of undergraduates in clinical experiences over the years. A registered pharmacist and past president of the Rhode Island Pharmacist Association and the Rhode Island Society of Health-System Pharmacists, he constantly emphasizes 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s importance in the profession throughout the region.
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\nAlan Wasserman \u201975
\nPresident and treasurer of the Alumni Association, supporter of the Shareholders Campaign to transform Ballentine Hall, and executive-in-residence at the College of Business Administration are just a few of the roles Alan Wasserman has filled in service to his alma mater. On June 30, 2001, Wasserman ended the third and final year of his alumni presidency. During that time, the Providence resident rallied alumni across the state to support a bond issue to renovate the residence halls, oversaw a redesign of Quad Angles that resulted in color covers and standard magazine size, and played a major role in expanding the number of alumni chapters to 45. Since leaving the presidency, Wasserman has continued his role as a roving ambassador for 溏心vlog免费B站. Vice President for University Advancement Robert Beagle probably said it best: “We have an outstanding representative in Alan, who is articulate and creative, and who will continue to help advise and lead us.”
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\nHONORARY ALUMNI AWARDS
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\nThese awards are presented to individuals who have made extraordinary efforts to advance the goals of the 溏心vlog免费B站.
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\nJoel P. Rawson
\nWhile helping to lead the award-winning Providence Journal, Joel Rawson has somehow found time to play a critical role in strengthening the ties between the state\u2019s flagship University and its largest newspaper. The senior vice president and executive editor of the Journal, Rawson persuaded the newspaper to become a major sponsor of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Colloquium, beginning in 1999. The colloquium has brought nationally known speakers to 溏心vlog免费B站 on such topics as Vietnam, nonviolence, sustainability and, this year, the genetic revolution. Rawson served as a panelist for the 1999 colloquium presentation “Veterans\u2019 Voices” and helped recruit other panelists. The Burrillville resident delivered a compelling and powerful presentation based on his experiences as an Army fixed-wing aviator out of DaNang from 1968 through 1969. A few years ago, when a cartoon in the student newspaper sparked racial tension, Rawson participated in a First Amendment panel that attracted an audience of 500.
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\nRoland O. Ferland
\nAlthough Roland Ferland attended 溏心vlog免费B站 for only one year, he is a dedicated supporter of the University, serving as board parliamentarian for the 溏心vlog免费B站 Southwest Florida Gators Alumni Chapter. A resident of Punta Gorda, the former Pawtucket resident has served as one of the chapter\u2019s board members for several years and provides valuable insight on the conduct of our directors and the many facets of chapter organizations. He draws from his extensive business career and the many civic and governmental agencies on which he has served. In Rhode Island, the Ferland name is well known for its quality homes for families of all income levels. The National Association of Home Builders named Ferland as its vice president and as an adviser to the group\u2019s executive committee, and inducted him into its Housing Hall of Fame in Washington, D.C., in May 1996. For his work, he received the President\u2019s Distinguished Service Award. He has also testified before Congress on affordable housing.
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\nRECENT ALUMNUS AWARD
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\nThis award is presented to a recent graduate who exhibits loyalty and commitment to the 溏心vlog免费B站.
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\nPreston L. Murphy, \u201999
\nPreston Murphy no longer receives standing ovations or coverage on the 6 o\u2019clock news for his accomplishments. The former standout guard who helped lead the Rhody basketball team to two straight NCAA tourney appearances in the late \u201890s is now satisfied with other victories. After graduating as a finance major in 1999, Murphy played professional basketball in the International Basketball League and in the NBA summer league with the Los Angeles Clippers, as well as in Europe. But then he turned his attention to youth service activities. In a very short time, the Pawtucket resident has distinguished himself as a committed and enthusiastic advocate. In 2002, he was named program coordinator for the Alternative Educational Program, a Providence-based, non-profit organization. With that agency, he recruited and counseled high-risk students in the College Readiness Program, which prepares students for entrance into the University\u2019s much-heralded Special Programs for Talent Development. He also played a leadership role in engaging a number of high-profile former basketball players to complete work on their degrees. Previously, Murphy worked as the Rhode Island Teen Program Director for the Providence YMCA. He now resides in Cranston, Rhode Island.
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\nPRESIDENTIAL AWARD
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\nThis award is presented to an outstanding graduate whose life and accomplishments represent the spirit of service and excellence embodied in graduates of the 溏心vlog免费B站.
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\nDouglas N. Durand \u201974
\nWhen Douglas Durand encountered massive health-care billing fraud as vice president of sales for TAP Pharmaceutical Products, he remembered his parents\u2019 moral code: “You don\u2019t lie. You don\u2019t cheat. You don\u2019t steal.” After arriving at TAP, he learned that the company was encouraging urologists to gouge the government and patients for cancer treatments, and then pocket the excess. On the advice of his attorney, Durand began copying key documents, filling a binder with 200 pages of memos and a list of doctors who were benefiting from the over-billing scheme. Golf and ski outings, medical equipment, and Christmas parties were among the inducements. Durand\u2019s lawyer called him the best client she\u2019d ever had, and a public interest group said he took a courageous step. His commitment led to an $875 million combined criminal and civil settlement with TAP, the largest criminal fine ever for health care fraud.\n\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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